Acting
Rita Karin
Born October 24, 1919 Died September 10, 1993 Wilno, Wilenskie, Poland [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Biography
She was a Polish-born American actress best known for her role as Jackie Mason's mother on the 1989 TV series Chicken Soup. Also appeared at the beginning of Sophie's Choice as Yetta, Sophie's (Meryl Streep) landlady. Her voice can be heard singing children's songs from the camps in the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.
Filmography
5.0
The Pickle
1993·Comedy
5.9
He Said, She Said
1991·Comedy
3.0
Age Isn't Everything
1991·Comedy
6.2
Enemies, a Love Story
1989·Comedy
6.8
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985·Crime
7.3
Sophie's Choice
1982·Drama
8.0
Starstruck
1981·Drama
5.8
The Big Fix
1978·Comedy
5.7
Matilda
1978·Comedy
5.9
Up the Sandbox
1972·Comedy
5.2
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971·Comedy